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Mad Animals

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Mad Animals
Directed byCarlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyOtello Martelli
Edited byGiacinto Solito
Music by
Production
company
Distributed byODIT
Release date
  • April 1939 (1939-04)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Mad Animals (Italian:Animali pazzi) is a 1939 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Totò, Luisa Ferida and Calisto Bertramo.[1] It was made at the Titanus Studios in Rome.

Plot

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Baron Tolomeo dei Tolemei is about to receive the inheritance of a relative, just died. The legacy, however, as he wants the will, must go in part to finance a medical structure for crazy animals. Only then Baron Tolomeo may have the rich heritage. The affair proves complicated, because Tolomeo has a love affair with the beautiful Maria Luisa. The troubles continue when in life of Tolomeo breaks his poor twin-brother Antonio, physically like him, who secretly falls in love with Maria Luisa.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Moliterno p.316

Bibliography

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  • Moliterno, Gino. Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
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